I didn’t have comments in my feed…LOL…it didnt’ clue in that even my own comments here weren’t flashing in my newsreader, LOL.

Wal*Mart (WM) is both cause and effect.

First off, no retail will exist where it isn’t supported. If WM wasn’t making money because people shopped there, they’d leave.

One of the malls her in London was very, very close to being bulldozed…it had ZERO traffic. WM moved in at the farthest end, and not only was it rejuvenated, it was so successful that the parking lot was doubled, and four new buildings, including an East Side Marios, and Super-sized LCBO, and two smaller strip malls are now on the property, where once only a Burger King stood. Sadly, WM is considering moving to a location about 6 kilometres down the street, which will bascially kill the Argyle Mall.

Many people with little or no ’skills’ will be hired by WM, because they will employ people with little or no ’skills’. This includes people who have no money in retirement, students, drop-outs etc. Often, the surly nature of many WM employees is a predispostion for them, not an effect of wearing the blue tunic.

HOWEVER…

WM seems to be a very pseudo-Japanese ethics type corporation, however, the “go-go-go” was the part they took from Japan…the ‘treat the employees well’ part seems to have been lost.

As in every other industry or undertaking, being the ‘be-all’ to everyone, which is the goal, is the absolute killer of anyone who tries it. It is a goal worthy of, and as doomed as, that of Icarus. It seems like it can be done, but once you get there…you are screwed.

I don’t hate WM, but I don’t really like them, either.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/target/walmart_versus_target01.html

In some respects the big box store is much like a prison. For the husbands/boyfriends who trail behind their wives/girlfriends, to the employees who see pretty much the same crappy job day in and day out.

The mall is crowded and noisy and a chore more than anything so imagine how much of a pain it is to have the mall in once store.

Concentrated shopping dreariness.

I like some of the prices, I don;t like how Walmart closes the Mom and Pop neighborhood stores but I guess it does help toh ave everything under one roof.

That isn’t always a good thing though as you consider the Walmart employee under the hood of your car or brakes. *shudder*

I recall when the store was still new, I went to the camping and sporting goods section and found that the clerk was a tool.

Now that clerk is working in electronics and it seems to be working for him. Still I can’t get over what a tool he was when I first needed his help.

I try not to hate as a general principle but it is very difficult to ignore the negativity and life sucking mentality that goes with The Walmart.

Needless to say it is much easier to go to a store that has english speaking employees. I know that is slowly becoming harder to find seeing that the main language of the United States is not english.

My brother has a passive boycott going on, many people I know like how cheap it is, yet don’t like how cheap it is.

I ALWAYS assume I am on my own at Wal*Mart. Except at checkout. I haven’t seen a self-checkout lanes here…although they might exist in some stores.